Lockheed's Postwar Lineup

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 08/17/2016 at 18:55 • Filed to: planelopnik

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Who can ID all the birds in this picture? The big one in the back might be a bit tricky. I actually wrote about it a few months ago. Click !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! if you get stumped on that one.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 08/17/2016 at 19:01

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Super Connie, Connie, Electra, Ventura. That's all I got.

BringBackTheCommodore > ttyymmnn 08/17/2016 at 19:05

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RV6 Constitution, one I’d never encountered before. Interesting design, if not mildly reminiscent of the Super Guppy.

ttyymmnn > Jcarr 08/17/2016 at 19:06

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Honestly, I’m not positive about the two smaller a/c. Maybe an Electra and an Electra Junior. Definitely a Ventura in back. The big one in the back is the RV6 Constitution.

ttyymmnn > BringBackTheCommodore 08/17/2016 at 19:09

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Both double-bubble aircraft, but the Constitution was built as a double-bubble from the ground up, where the Super Guppy was a bigger bubble added to an existing C-97.

Jcarr > ttyymmnn 08/17/2016 at 19:09

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Front one certainly looks Earhardt-y.

BringBackTheCommodore > ttyymmnn 08/17/2016 at 19:23

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Interesting. I’ll have to do some Googling to see what spurred the development of the Super Guppy. I watched an episode of Wings on the Discovery Channel years ago (that was some 25 years ago) but never really researched it in depth.

ttyymmnn > BringBackTheCommodore 08/17/2016 at 20:05

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Apollo.

BringBackTheCommodore > ttyymmnn 08/17/2016 at 20:24

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Read about that. Looked like the Constitution was developed with efficient cabin pressurization in mind, based on the output of the engines (more or less) utilized at the time.